Brazilian model stirs up controversy with breastfeeding photo

On Tuesday, the Brazilian supermodel and wife of NFL star Tom Brady posted an image on Instagram of herself breastfeeding as she’s getting her hair, makeup and nails done by her beauty entourage.

Bundchen, 33, is wearing a plush white robe as she relaxes in a lounge chair and nurses her 1-year-old baby daughter Vivian Lake Brady. Her eyes are closed as a makeup artists applies eye shadow and her head is slightly leaning back as a stylist curls her golden tresses.

Along with the photo, Bundchen tweeted the message: “What would I do without this beauty squad after the 15 hours flying and only 3 hours of sleep #multitasking#gettingready.” (Only three hours of sleep? She looks amazing for being sleep-deprived.)

With this photo, Bundchen has thrown herself into the middle of the breastfeeding wars.

Bundchen’s Instagram page is filled with praise and many are thanking the long-legged model for promoting breastfeeding.

“Yay!!! Breast is best! Thank u for posting this for the world! & this mom of 3,” one mom writes on Instagram.

“Love it! So beautiful! Breastfeeding is NORMAL you are such an inspiration ,” another chimes in.

But not all the comments are positive. A few are clearly irritated. While most everyday moms struggle to find the time to apply makeup and nail polish, even wash their hair, here’s Gisele with a beauty squad doing it all for her. Of course, she can breastfeed because she doesn’t have to do anything else.

“um, I don’t remember us breast feeding while people do our hair and make up…..I’m a lil’ jealous..LOL,” one Instagram user shares.

“P—— off Americans once again, way to go Gisele. Tom must be so proud,” another shares.

Denise Albert of TheMoms.com told Good Morning America that breastfeeding is “a very personal choice” and called Bundchen’s photograph “a little outrageous.”

This isn’t the first time Bundchen has overtly promoted breastfeeding. In August 2010, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel told Harper’s Bazaar UK that breastfeeding helped her quickly get her figure back.

“Some people here think they don’t have to breastfeed, and I think, ‘Are you going to give chemical food to your child, when they are so little?’ There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months,” Bundchen told Harper’s.

Her comments sparked outrage in the media and among mom bloggers who feel that women should be able to chose whether to nurse and Bundchen later clarified her comment on her blog:

“I understand that everyone has their own experience and opinions and I am not here to judge,” she wrote. “I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.”